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Time to close Cummins Falls park

Posted
Friday, July 28, 2017 9:36 am

When is enough enough? If not now, when?

Another death at Cummins Falls. Multiple people rescued. Had there not been the presence of a THP helicopter and a swift response by area first responders, a catastrophic disaster would have happened. There would have been numerous drownings.

Cummins Falls State Park is a deathtrap that is costing Jackson County way too much vis-a-vis rescues. They are a small rural county that can't afford this strain on their finances.

It's time for area Legislators to enact legislation that will close this State Park. It was a mistake to make it a state park in the first place.

A comparison ought to be made to see how the deaths and injuries at Cummins Falls stack up against the numbers from the other state parks. The stats just might be eye-opening. They might warrant Cummins Falls closing.

Sometimes it should fall to government to do job one — keep us safe.

A week later there was another evacuation. Water in a gorge has nowhere to go but up. As it rises in a confined space the current increases. There is no horizontal flood plain. It's not rocket science. Heavy rain upstream can have devastating consequences. As it stands there is no effective way to warn swimmers of pending danger.